So Cataclysm has arrived and its nice to see guild numbers growing. I must admit that I am extremely impressed with what I have seen so far...and that isn't much!
The Goblin starter zone was great fun, humerous and extremely enjoyable. I thoroughly recommend trying it. The new Cata zones are equally impressive both visually and play wise.... well Hyjal and Vash'j...not seen the others yet. The quest chains are awesome and provide an interesting story line. In Hyjal, do all the quests and you end up fighting Ragnoras too. I must have done 30+ q's after hitting the zone achievement so persevere. The very, very last quest has you dishing out a speech to the captured Horde inciting them to revolt... interesting mechanic.
The Maelstrom and Vash'j itself are visually stunning (thx to my new graphics card). Again good quest lines.
I just wish you didnt have to find the DG entrance before you are allowed to use the LFD. I realise Blizz probably didnt want people levelling solely by DG but as we know it didnt stop people hitting 85 on the same day.
Rogue info: Not seen in release notes unless I missed it but Poison can now be applied to thrown weapons!
Any other bits not to miss?
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I too haven't yet experienced that much of Cataclysm, but I'm impressed by what I've seen.
Vashj'r is a slower levelling zone than Hyal by all accounts, but it is amazingly pretty.
The LFD tool is, IMO bugged. Assuming you have discovered the dungeon entrance*, which is actually pretty trivial to achieve, you can queue for random dungeons. However it seems to take into account your ilvl score relative to your current level to decide whether you are eligible for dungeons. Hence if you don't upgrade your gear, after L82 you can no longer access the dungeons you could at 80 & 81. I've yet to see an explanation for this (ticket response was next to useless), but I found it very detrimental to the gaming experience.
*I actually think needing to discover the dungeon is a good change; I remember being very embarrassed during my first ICC 5 man when I couldn't find my way back from the graveyard after a wipe!
I do feel that Blizzard made a huge mistake with this expansion. That is, the vast amount of work that went into redesigning the whole old world will only be fully experienced by a fairly small proportion of the user base. IMO the Shattering should have landed much much sooner, so people had the chance to level a new character to the cap in the New Old World and experience this content.
There are some other issues too - some core abilities aren't available until L81 (thinking Thrash for bears and Cobra shot for SV hunters in particular here). Without these tools, the respective specs feel gimped pre-81.
Tip: Bears might like to use the following macro for AoE pulls:
The sequence is then Swipe/Thrash/Mangle/Lacerate...[tab]...Swipe/Thrash/Mangle/Lacerate...
/bux
Vashj'r is a slower levelling zone than Hyal by all accounts, but it is amazingly pretty.
The LFD tool is, IMO bugged. Assuming you have discovered the dungeon entrance*, which is actually pretty trivial to achieve, you can queue for random dungeons. However it seems to take into account your ilvl score relative to your current level to decide whether you are eligible for dungeons. Hence if you don't upgrade your gear, after L82 you can no longer access the dungeons you could at 80 & 81. I've yet to see an explanation for this (ticket response was next to useless), but I found it very detrimental to the gaming experience.
*I actually think needing to discover the dungeon is a good change; I remember being very embarrassed during my first ICC 5 man when I couldn't find my way back from the graveyard after a wipe!
I do feel that Blizzard made a huge mistake with this expansion. That is, the vast amount of work that went into redesigning the whole old world will only be fully experienced by a fairly small proportion of the user base. IMO the Shattering should have landed much much sooner, so people had the chance to level a new character to the cap in the New Old World and experience this content.
There are some other issues too - some core abilities aren't available until L81 (thinking Thrash for bears and Cobra shot for SV hunters in particular here). Without these tools, the respective specs feel gimped pre-81.
Tip: Bears might like to use the following macro for AoE pulls:
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#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=6 Swipe(Bear Form),Thrash/bux
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All ferals, hope cata goes well for you, well Rax and me play on another server bronze dragon, just want to make a note what i think off cata, well damm a big disapointment i think very big mistake whit tdf tool not able too do any whit out the right item level and so on, also too easy to hit 85 many did it whit in 12 hourse on bronze, still not there taking my time no rush nearly 84 still no dungoen done , rax leveling at the same speed, had hope for more harsh leveling ( we have made a irl guild only r 9 members and dont raid ,we play for the fun, well rl now, want to whish you all a merry xmas and a happy new year here from denmark
may the spirits guide you all
love morgan
ps year i know bad spelling, but i am getting old
All ferals, hope cata goes well for you, well Rax and me play on another server bronze dragon, just want to make a note what i think off cata, well damm a big disapointment i think very big mistake whit tdf tool not able too do any whit out the right item level and so on, also too easy to hit 85 many did it whit in 12 hourse on bronze, still not there taking my time no rush nearly 84 still no dungoen done , rax leveling at the same speed, had hope for more harsh leveling ( we have made a irl guild only r 9 members and dont raid ,we play for the fun, well rl now, want to whish you all a merry xmas and a happy new year here from denmark
may the spirits guide you all
love morgan
ps year i know bad spelling, but i am getting old
Good to hear from you Morgan and seasons greetings to you & Rax!
The levelling does seem a bit quick, much quicker than I'd expected - I'd heard these 5 levels would take much longer than the 10 in previous expansions.
On a more positive note the starting area for Worgen is pretty cool. Love the little details like a murder* of ravens that scatter as you cross a bridge.
*Yes this is the collective noun for ravens!
/bux
The levelling does seem a bit quick, much quicker than I'd expected - I'd heard these 5 levels would take much longer than the 10 in previous expansions.
On a more positive note the starting area for Worgen is pretty cool. Love the little details like a murder* of ravens that scatter as you cross a bridge.
*Yes this is the collective noun for ravens!
/bux
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Ferals and welcome to 2011
dungoens in cata isnt that hard, mucher harder to get the item level for hcs, but is there and past the 329 , sadly i am done whit all the quest in cata so it is daily time and finder i use atm, yes bux the worgen is very cool, only got to level 10 so fare, dont have much play time, well gl and hf out there and may the spirits guide you all
hughs from and moonkin so no tree hugh atm morgan
Ferals and welcome to 2011
dungoens in cata isnt that hard, mucher harder to get the item level for hcs, but is there and past the 329 , sadly i am done whit all the quest in cata so it is daily time and finder i use atm, yes bux the worgen is very cool, only got to level 10 so fare, dont have much play time, well gl and hf out there and may the spirits guide you all
hughs from and moonkin so no tree hugh atm
morgan